Wokeness

Wokeness or simply Woke is a term that in the 1990s in the United States , appeared to a militant and combative attitude for the protection of minorities and against racism to describe. It is derived from the English verb wake (awaken, awaken) to describe a state of awakening in the face of injustice. It was first used in the Black Lives Matter movement before being taken up on a larger scale.

Since the end of 2010 the term "woke" or "wokeness" has spread, and today an "awakened" person is defined as someone who is aware of all injustices and all forms of inequality and oppression that weigh on minorities, of racism to sexism , including environmental concerns, and which generally uses an intersectional vocabulary.

The term "Woke" is not only associated with anti-racist, feminist and LGBT activism, but also with so-called progressive left politics and reflections on the cultural problems of society (the terms "Woke culture" and "Woke culture" are also used). Politics "used).